2024: Resolutions for Old Wood Hollow Farm

I don’t usually do resolutions. Honestly, it’s been tricky to focus on anything concretely in the past, not knowing which way we were headed as a family—we’ve lived a transient life so far, with my other half building a business on the other side of the country. Were we going? Staying? Would we end up selling everything? It was hard to make any decisions because all the variables kept changing.

I know that things are subject to change. I know that at any moment things might go bottom end up. My routine might get set on fire and I’ll have to readjust and keep going. But I’ve let that hold me back in the past. I get boggled down by the details—when everything doesn’t add up in a perfect line, I tend to let go of the reins and let everything go, at least for a while.

I’ve lost so much time doing this.

So in 2024, I want to be able to hold steady. I’m headed back to school, focusing more on writing and being creative, getting these tiny parts of myself out there, the ones I’ve held back for fear of being judged or considered imperfect.

I’ve always believed that I might be broken, but I’m learning that like most broken things, I’m stronger than ever before, bound tight in the right places. There are bigger things I could lose, harder things to fall—I have to move with joy while I’m here, in the middle of it all.

So here at Old Wood Hollow,

2024 is about building.

2024 is about boundaries.

2024 is about bravery.

This year, and every year after, is about pulling strength from the right places to keep building on something that was already beautiful to begin with.

As for the nitty gritty, Old Wood Hollow Farm will be:

Raising Funds for Dog/Horse rescue priority
Revamping our flower and vegetable production
Returning to our partnership at Marche du Vieux Bois to build something even more wonderful
Opening up our rentals at Old Wood Cottage here in Canada & at the lake in NY (Camp Shewchuk)
Doing a wee bit of exploring
Writing. So much writing.